machfive 2 announcement

mjwever · Post by **mjwever** » Sun Aug 13, 2006 6:43 pm

I just read in the latest edition of Audio Technology that Motu have "released" machfive 2!!!??? Please explain!!

billf · Post by **billf** » Sun Aug 13, 2006 8:54 pm

I think you're about to be inundated with questions. What is Audio Technology (I assume it is a magazine), and was it an article? Is the article online?

mjwever · Post by **mjwever** » Sun Aug 13, 2006 11:10 pm

Audio Technology is an Australian magazine. It has a product information section in the opening pages which has an article assigned to new Motu stuff. It's mostly about other VI's but finishes with "machfive vII has now been released..."

Frodo · Post by **Frodo** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 12:57 am

I think they've jumped the gun a bit. The best source for release information would be motu.com.

Mach5 v2 was announced at NAMM, 2005-- some 19 months ago. I believe the initial release of Mach5 v2 was intended for about the same time as the release of Digital Performer 4.5 and or MX4. If I recall from the original press release from MOTU, it was due during the second quarter of 2005. It's easy to imagine that even under the most harrowing delays that it might be out by now.

Let's call it "printing by assumption without update confirmation".

In other words, Mach5 v2 has not yet been released. But, I would imagine MOTU might be intrigued to know that their friends in Australia think otherwise.

mjwever · Post by **mjwever** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 1:22 am

As with most product editorials, this article's source is attributed to it's supplier - Major Music. Therefore you would assume that Major Music has some info on the fact?!

BKK-OZ · Post by **BKK-OZ** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 2:25 am

Well, I thought for a moment that maybe for once we here in the antipodies are ahead of our North American cousins, but alas...

Audio Technology is a reliable magazine (I know from personal experience, I wrote a review of Absynth 3 for them a few months ago and if they will print my stuff, they have just go to be legit

). Having said that, I have the latest edition ( Issue 48 ) here in my sweaty palm, and it says nothing about M5II.

Additionally, there is nothing on Major Music's web-site to say that M5II is coming out.

Maybe we have a bit of an Aussie prank going on here?
Naughty Aussie.

monkey man · Post by **monkey man** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 7:46 am

BKK-OZ wrote:Maybe we have a bit of an Aussie prank going on here?
Naughty Aussie.

Naughty Aussies! Naughty Aussies!